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N285SP

Last heard October 16 at 4:44 am, at 2,950 feet, 9 miles northeast of Capital City Airport. Nothing newer has come from the network since; it may have landed out of the receivers' hearing.

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Took off —in the air when first heard October 16 at 3:56 am
Last heard …still in the air, or beyond the receivers' hearing October 16 at 4:44 am
Length
47 min
Distance
81 nm (93 miles)
Top altitude
2,950 ft
Fastest
173 knots (199 mph)
Positions heard
6

This flight is the one in progress (or the last one heard, if the aircraft flew beyond the receivers). Times are local to where the aircraft was.

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Altitude and speed through the flight

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Flights in the last 14 days

WhenFromToLengthDistanceTop altitudeFastest
October 16 at 3:56 am to 4:44 am in the air when first heard still in the air, or out of the network's hearing 47 min 81 nm 2,950 ft 173 kt
October 14 at 8:19 am to 8:40 am Capital City Airport FFT still in the air, or out of the network's hearing 20 min 21 nm 1,700 ft 146 kt

Show the last 56 days · A flight is a run of positions with no gap longer than twenty minutes; an airport is named when the aircraft was low and within five miles of it at that end.

Positions from the adsb.lol community network (open data). A distance is the sum of the straight lines between the positions heard, so it is a little short of the true track. Positions are kept in full for 7 days and at one point every five minutes after that, for 180 days. Map: OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors. For understanding where an aircraft went, not for flying.

The aircraft

Aircraft
Bell Textron Canada Ltd 429, built 2025
Kind
Helicopter, 9 seats
Operator
Kentucky State Police
Registered in
Frankfort, KY
Transponder code
A2E22C

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